ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,957, issued on May 13, was assigned to IC-MedTech Corp. (Las Vegas).
"Ascorbic acid and quinone compounds in combination with an antiparasitic agent for treating a parasitic disease" was invented by Sueli de Oliveira Silva Lautenschlager (Maringa, Brazil), Vania Cristina Desoti (Palotina, Brazil), Celso Vataru Nakamura (Maringa, Brazil) and Valdecir Farias Ximenes (Bauru, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method of treating, preventing, or alleviating one or more symptoms of Chagas disease in a subject, comprising administering to the subject: (i) ascorbic acid, or a single enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomer...